Method of making a decorative assembly for a floral grouping

ABSTRACT

A decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a floral holding material and a sheet of material. The floral holding material is constructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping and supporting the floral grouping. The sheet of material is extended about a portion of the floral holding material and a crimped portion is formed in the sheet of material with the crimped portion cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the floral holding material to provide a decorative covering.

RELATED REFERENCES

This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/427,014, filedApr. 24, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,501,059, entitled "DecorativeAssembly For A Floral Grouping", which is a continuation of U.S. Ser.No. 07/941,992, filed Sep. 8, 1992, entitled "Decorative Assembly For AFloral Grouping", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,410,856, issued May 2, 1995, whichis a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/893,586, filed Jun. 2, 1992,entitled "Wrapping A Floral Grouping With Sheets Having Adhesive orCohesive Applied Thereto", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,181,364, issued Jan. 26,1993, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/707,417, filed May 28,1991, entitled "Wrapping A Floral Grouping With Sheets Having Adhesiveor Cohesive Material Applied Thereto", NOW ABANDONED, which is acontinuation of Ser. No. 07/502,358, filed Mar. 29, 1990, entitled"Wrapping A Floral Grouping With Sheets Having Adhesive or CohesiveMaterial Applied Thereto", NOW ABANDONED, which is acontinuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/249,761, filed Sep. 26, 1988,entitled "Method For Wrapping An Object With A Material Having PressureSensitive Adhesive Thereon", NOW ABANDONED.

Said application Ser. No. 07/941,992 is also a continuation-in-part ofU.S. Ser. No. 07/934,832, filed Aug. 24, 1992, entitled "Band ApplicatorFor Applying A Band About A Sheet Of Material And A Pot", now U.S. Pat.No. 5,426,914, issued Jun. 27, 1995, which is a continuation-in-part ofU.S. Ser. No. 07/819,311, filed Jan. 9, 1992, entitled "Means ForSecuring A Decorative Cover About A Flower Pot", NOW ABANDONED, which isa continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 07/765,416, filed Sep. 26, 1991,entitled "Means For Securing A Decorative Cover About A Flower Pot", nowU.S. Pat. No. 5,105,599, issued Apr. 21, 1992, which is a continuationof U.S. Ser. No. 07/530,491, filed on May 29, 1990, entitled "Means ForSecuring A Decorative Cover About A Flower Pot", NOW ABANDONED.

Said application Ser. No. 07/941,992 is also a continuation-in-part ofU.S. Ser. No. 07/940,930, filed Sep. 4, 1992, entitled "A Method ofForming A Flower Pot Cover With Crimped Portion", now U.S. Pat. No.5,361,482, issued Nov. 8, 1994, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S.Ser. No. 07/926,098, filed Aug. 5, 1992, entitled "Method and ApparatusFor Forming A Decorative Cover", which is a continuation-in-part of U.S.Ser. No. 07/803,318, filed Dec. 4, 1991, entitled "Wrapping Material ForWrapping A Floral Grouping Having Staggered Strips of Adhesive MaterialApplied Thereto", now U.S. Pat. No. 5,344,016, issued Sep. 6, 1994,which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/707,417, filed May28, 1991, entitled "Wrapping a Floral Grouping With Sheets HavingAdhesive or Cohesive Material Applied Thereto", NOW ABANDONED.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to decorative assemblies forfloral groupings and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation,to a decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a sheet ofmaterial disposed about a floral holding material with a crimped portionformed in the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet ofmaterial in position about the floral holding material to provide adecorative covering.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a sheet of material constructed in accordancewith the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the sheet of material extended abouta portion of a floral holding material with a crimped portion beingformed in the sheet of material for cooperating to hold the sheet ofmaterial in the position extended about the floral grouping to provide adecorative covering in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a modified floral holding material showingthe sheet of material of FIG. 1 wrapped about the modified floralholding material to provide a decorative covering.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of yet another modified floral holdingmaterial.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the modified floral holding material ofFIG. 4 showing the sheet of material disposed about a portion of themodified floral holding material with the crimped portion being formedin a portion of the sheet of material.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a modified sheet of material.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a floral holding material with the sheetof material of FIG. 6 disposed about a portion of the floral holdingmaterial and a modified crimped portion being formed in a portion of thesheet of material.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of still another modified sheet of material.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a floral holding material showing thesheet of material of FIG. 8 disposed about a portion of the floralholding material with the crimped portion being formed in the sheet ofmaterial in a manner like that shown in FIG. 7.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Shown in FIG. 1 add designated by the general reference numeral 10 is asheet of material constructed in accordance with the present invention.The sheet of material 10 has an upper surface 12 a lower surface 14 andan outer periphery 16.

The sheet of material 10 is constructed from any suitable flexiblematerial that is capable of being wrapped or extended about a floralholding material 18 (FIG. 2) in the manner described below. Preferably,the sheet of material 10 is constructed of a material selected from agroup of materials consisting of paper, metal foil, cloth (natural orsynthetic or combinations thereof), denim, burlap, polymer film or clingmaterial or combinations thereof.

The term "polymer film" as used herein means any polymer film. Forexample, but not by way of limitation, one polymer film is apolypropylene film. Another example of a polymer film, but not by way oflimitation, is cellophane.

The sheet of material 10 has a thickness in a range from about 0.1 milsto about 30 mils. Preferably, the sheet of material 10 has a thicknessin a range from about 0.1 mils to about 5 mils.

The sheet of material 10 may be any shape and a circular shape is shownin FIG. 1 only by way of example. The sheet of material 10 for exampleonly may be square or rectangular or any other geometric shape such asheart shaped for example only.

The sheet of material 10 may be constructed of a single layer ofmaterial or a plurality of layers of the same or different types ofmaterials. Any thickness of the sheet of material 10 may be utilized inaccordance with the present invention as long as the sheet of material10 is wrappable about the floral holding material 18, as describedherein. Additionally, an insulating material such as bubble film,preferable as one of two or more layers, can be utilized in order toprovide additional protection for the item wrapped therein. The layersof material comprising the sheet of material 10 may be connectedtogether or laminated or may be separate layers.

A decorative pattern, such as a color and/or an embossed pattern, and/orother decorative surface ornamentation may be applied to the uppersurface 12 and/or the lower surface 14 of the sheet of material 10 orportions thereof including, but not limited to printed design, coatings,colors, flocking or metallic finishes. The sheet of material 10 also maybe totally or partially clear or tinted transparent material.

"Cling Wrap or Material" as used herein means any material which iscapable of connecting to the sheet of material and/or itself uponcontacting engagement during the wrapping process and is wrappable aboutan item whereby portions of the cling material contactingly engage andconnect to other portions of the wrapping material for generallysecuring the sheet of material wrapped about at least a portion of theitem. This connecting engagement is preferably temporary in that thewrapping material may be easily removed without tearing same, i.e., thecling material "clings" to the wrapping material. A wrapping materialwhich remains securely connected to and about the wrapped item until thewrapping material is torn therefrom.

The cling material is constructed and treated if necessary, frompolyethylene such as Cling Wrap made by Glad®, First Brands CorporationDanbury, Conn. The thickness of the cling material will, in part, dependupon the thickness of the sheet of material utilized, i.e., generally,the thicker and therefore heavier sheet of material may require athicker and therefore stronger cling material. The cling material willrange in thickness from less than about 0.2 mils to about 10 mils, andpreferably less than about 0.5 mils to about 2.5 mils and mostpreferably from less than about 0.6 mils to about 2 mils. However, anythickness of cling material may be utilized in accordance with thepresent invention which permits the cling material to function asdescribed herein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the floral holding material 18 has an upper end 20,a lower end 22 and an outer peripheral surface 24. The floral holdingmaterial 18 shown in FIG. 2 is spherically shaped, although the floralholding material 18 may be any shape desired in any particularapplication. The floral holding material 18 is constructed of a materialcapable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping 26 and holding orsupporting the floral grouping without any pot means such as a separateflower pot for example.

The floral holding means 18 may be the type of material commonlyreferred to in the art as floral foam or Oasis™ or may be soil orartificial soil or other earth composition so long as the material iscapable of holding its predetermined shape and capable of receiving andsupporting the floral grouping 26 without any additional pot means. Thefloral holding material 18 may be capable of receiving and holding waterfor supplying water to the floral grouping 26.

As shown in FIG. 2, the floral grouping 26 has a stem end 28 and a bloomend 30. A portion of the stem end 28 of the floral grouping 26 isextended into the floral holding material 18. The bloom end 30 of thefloral grouping 26 extends a distance above the floral holding material18.

"Floral grouping" as used herein means cut fresh flowers, artificialflowers, a single flower, other fresh and/or artificial plants or otherfloral materials and may include other secondary plants and/orornamentation which add to the aesthetics of the overall floralgrouping.

As mentioned before, the floral holding material 18, as shown in FIG. 2,is generally spherically shaped. A flat portion (not shown) may beformed on the lower end 22 of the floral holding material 18 so that thefloral holding material 18 may be supported more easily on a flatsurface such as on a table (not shown) for example.

The sheet of material 10 is disposed adjacent the floral holdingmaterial 18 with the upper surface 12 of the sheet of material 10 beingdisposed adjacent the outer peripheral surface 24 of the floral holdingmaterial 18. In this position, as shown in FIG. 2, the sheet of material10 is extended about and covers a substantial portion of the floralholding material 18 leaving the upper end 20 of the floral holdingmaterial 18 substantially uncovered so that the floral grouping 26extends outwardly from the upper end 20 of the floral holding material18.

In this position, a crimped portion 32 is formed in the sheet ofmaterial 10 near the upper end 20 of the floral holding material 18. Thecrimped portion 32 is formed by crimping together portions of the sheetof material to form the crimped portion 32. The crimped portion 32extends a distance inwardly toward a central portion of the floralholding material 18. The crimped portion 32 preferably extendscircumferentially about the upper end 20 of the floral holding material18, although the crimped portion 32 could be formed only in portions ofthe sheet of material 10 thereby forming circumferentially spaced apartcrimped portions if desired in a particular application.

As shown in FIG. 2, the crimped portion 32 is formed by placing a band34 about a portion of the sheet of material 10 with the band 34gathering or bringing together portions of the sheet of material 10pulling portions of the sheet of material 10 toward a central portion ofthe upper end 20 of the floral holding material 18 to form the crimpedportion 32.

The term "band" as used herein means any material which may be securedabout an object such as the flower pot 16 such bands commonly beingreferred to as elastic bands or rubber bands and also includes any othertype of material such as a string or elastic piece of material,non-elastic piece of material, a round piece of material, a flat pieceof material, a ribbon, a piece of paper strip, a piece of plastic strip,a piece of wire, a tie wrap or a twist tie or combinations thereof orany other device capable of gathering the sheet of material 10 toremovably or substantially permanently form the crimped portion 32 andsecure the crimped portion 32 formed in the sheet of material 10. Theband 34 also may include a bow if desired in a particular application.

A portion of the sheet of material 10 near the outer periphery 16thereof extends a distance above and beyond the crimped portion 32 toform a skirt 36 (FIG. 2) extending circumferentially about the upper end20 of the floral holding material 18 and circumferentially about thefloral grouping 26. The sheet of material 10 secured about the floralholding material 18 in the manner just described provides a decorativecovering 38. The sheet of material 10 and the floral holding material 18together with the means for forming the crimped portion 32 comprise adecorative assembly 40.

In one preferred embodiment, the band 34 is automatically placed aboutthe sheet of material 10 using any one of a number of commerciallyavailable automatic or semi automatic banding machines such as theautomatic shaping machine Model No. Power 260 available from ClementsIndustries, Inc., South Hackensack, N.J., or the machine Model No. ModelBMNS Side Bender available from Saxmayer Corporation, Blissfield, Minn.(MN), for example.

In this last mentioned embodiment, the floral holding material 18 withthe sheet of material 10 extended thereabout is placed in the bandingmachine and the banding machine is activated to automatically place theband 34 about the sheet of material 10.

A system for automatically placing a band about a sheet of materialdisposed about a flower pot is disclosed in co-pending applicationentitled "BAND APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING A BAND ABOUT A SHEET 0F MATERIALAND A POT" and assigned to the assignee of the present invention and onedisclosure of the letters application specifically is incorporatedherein by reference. This system can be utilized for automaticallyplacing the band 34 about the sheet of material 10 in accordance withthe present invention.

In one other embodiment, the sheet of material 10 is placed about thefloral holding material 18 and then placed in a holding device of thetype disclosed in copending patent application entitled "METHOD ANDAPPARATUS FOR WRAPPING A FLORAL GROUPING WITH WATER HOLDING ANDRELEASING MATERIAL", and assigned to the assignee of the presentinvention, the disclosure of which specifically hereby is incorporatedherein by reference. This device includes a band holder. After thefloral holding material 18 with the sheet of material 10 extendedthereabout is placed in the holding device, the operator then takes aband from the band holder and pulls it over the holding device and ontothe sheet of material 10.

EMBODIMENT OF FIG. 3

Shown in FIG. 3 is a modified decorative assembly 40a comprising thesheet of material 10a wrapped about a modified floral holding material18a. The floral holding material 18a is constructed exactly like thefloral holding material 18 shown in FIG. 2 and described in detailbefore, except the floral holding material 18a has a generallyrectangularly shaped cross section as compared to the circular shapedcross section shown in FIG. 2 with respect to the floral holdingmaterial 18.

The sheet of material 10a is constructed exactly like the sheet ofmaterial 10 except the sheet of material 10a may be rectangularlyshaped.

The sheet of material 10a is extended about the floral holding material18a and the crimped portion 32a is formed in the sheet of material viathe band 34a in a manner exactly like that described before inconnection with the sheet of material and the floral holding material 18shown in FIG. 2.

EMBODIMENT OF FIGS. 4 AND 5

Shown in FIG. 4 is a modified floral holding material 18b which isconstructed exactly like the floral holding material 18 shown in FIG. 2and described in detail before, except the floral holding material 18bis in the shape of a solid basket.

Shown in FIG. 5 is a sheet of material 10b which is constructed exactlylike the sheet of material 10 shown in FIG. 1 and described in detailbefore, except the sheet of material 10b is disposed or extended aboutthe floral holding material 18b. A crimped portion 32b is formed in thesheet of material 10b via a band 34b for cooperating to hold the sheetof material 10b in position about the floral holding material 18b toprovide the decorative covering 38b.

The decorative assembly 40b is constructed and operates exactly like thedecorative assembly 40 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and described in detailbefore, except the sheet of material 10b is extended about the floralholding material 18b having a basket like shape as opposed to aspherical shape or rectangularly shaped cross section like the floralholding material 18 or 18a shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 respectively.

EMBODIMENT OF FIGS. 6 AND 7

Shown in FIG. 6 is a modified sheet of material 10c which is constructedexactly like the sheet of material 10 shown in FIG. 1 and described indetail before, except the sheet of material 10c has a closure bondingmaterial 42 disposed thereon. More particularly, the closure bondingmaterial 42 is disposed on the upper surface 12c of the sheet ofmaterial 10c and the closure bonding material 42 is spaced a distance 44from the outer periphery 16c of the sheet of material 10c. The closurebonding material 42 extends circumferentially about the sheet ofmaterial 10c. The closure bonding material 42 is spaced a distanceradially from a central portion of the sheet of material 10c. It shouldbe noted that, although the closure bonding material 42 is shown in FIG.6 in the form on a continuous strip of closure bonding material 42, theclosure bonding material 42 may be in the form of spots or spaced apartstrips and the spots or strips may be of any geometric shape desired ina particular application.

The term "bonding material" as used herein means an adhesive, preferablya pressure sensitive adhesive, or a cohesive. Where the bonding materialis a cohesive, a similar cohesive material must be placed on theadjacent surface for bondingly contacting and bondingly engaging withthe cohesive material. The term "bonding material" also includesmaterials which are heat sealable and, in this instance, the adjacentportions of the material must be brought into contact and then heat mustbe applied to effect the seal. The term "bonding material" as usedherein also means a heat sealing lacquer which may be applied to thesheet of material and, in this instance, heat also must be applied toeffect the sealing. The term "bonding material" as used herein means anytype of material or thing which can be used to effect the bonding orconnecting of the two adjacent portions of the material or sheet ofmaterial to effect the connection or bonding described herein.

Shown in FIG. 7 is a floral holding material 18c which is constructedexactly like the floral holding material 18a shown in FIG. 3 anddescribed in detail before.

In operation, the sheet of material 10c is extended about a portion ofthe outer peripheral surface 24c of the floral holding material 18c. Thecrimped portion 32c is formed in the sheet of material 10c by crimpingtogether portions of the sheet of material 10c near the closure bondingmaterial 42 and forming overlapping portions of the sheet of materialwith the overlapping portions being substantially bonded via the closurebonding material 42 to form the crimped portion 32c. The crimped portion32c will cooperate to hold the sheet of material 10c about the floralholding material 18c to provide the decorative covering 38c in a mannerexactly like that described before with respect to the crimped portion32 formed with the band 34 shown in FIG. 2, except in this instance thecrimped portion 32c is formed by bringing together and bonding portionsof the sheet of material 10c via the closure bonding material 42. Theclosure bonding material 42 is positioned on the upper surface 12c ofthe sheet of material 10c so that the crimped portion 32c is positionedabove the upper end 20c of the floral holding material 18c, shown inFIG. 7.

The crimping of the sheet of material 10c may be accomplished by hand orwith a machine or device.

EMBODIMENT OF FIGS. 8 AND 9

Shown in FIG. 8 is a modified sheet of material 10d which is constructedexactly like the sheet of material 10c shown in FIG. 6, except the sheetof material 10d also includes a first pot bonding material 46 whichextends circumferentially about a portion of the sheet of material 10d.The first pot bonding material 46 is spaced a distance from the closurebonding material 42 and spaced a distance from a central portion of thesheet of material 10d. The sheet of material 10d also includes a secondpot bonding material which is disposed on the upper surface 12d of thesheet of material 10d with the second pot bonding material 48 covering acentral portion of the sheet of material 10d.

Shown in FIG. 9 is a sectional view of a floral holding material 18dwhich is constructed exactly like the floral holding material 18a shownin FIG. 3 and described in detail before. The sheet of material 10d isextended about the floral holding material 18d and the crimped portion32d is formed in the sheet of material 10d in a manner exactly like thatdescribed before in connection with the sheet of material 10c shown inFIG. 7.

The first pot bonding material 46 is disposed on the sheet of material10d and positioned thereon so that, when the sheet of material 10d iswrapped or extended about the floral holding material 18d, the first potbonding material 46 is disposed adjacent a portion of the outerperipheral surface 24d near the upper end 20d of the floral holdingmaterial 18d. The portion of the sheet of material 10d with the potbonding material 46 thereon is bondingly connected to the outerperipheral surface 24d of the floral holding material 18d for furthercooperating to hold the sheet of material 10d extended about the floralholding material 18d. In addition, the second pot bonding material 48 ispositioned on the sheet of material 10d so that the second pot bondingmaterial 48 engages a portion of the lower end 22d of the floral holdingmaterial 18d and bondingly connected thereto for still furthercooperating to hold the sheet of material 10d extended about the floralholding material 18d to form the decorative covering 38d.

The closure bonding material 42 and the pot bonding materials 46 and 48may be disposed on the upper surface or the lower surface or both of thesheets of material 10 described herein or in any of the other positionsdescribed in the copending application entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUSFOR FORMING A DECORATIVE COVER", owned by the Assignee of the presentinvention, the disclosure of which specifically hereby is incorporatedherein by reference.

The present invention particularly is useful for providing a decorativecovering using a sheet of material constructed of a material which isnon-shape sustaining. Non-shape sustaining means that the material maybe shaped about the form of the floral holding material, but the sheetof material will not hold that shape and will relax back intosubstantially the non-formed shape unless held in the formed shaped bysome means such as the forming of the crimped portion in the sheet ofmaterial. By comparison, a shape sustaining sheet of material would be amaterial such as a metal foil for example which may be formed about thefloral holding material and which will substantially maintain the formedshape.

Changes may be made in the construction and the operation of the variouscomponents, elements and assemblies described herein and changes may bemade in the steps or the sequence of steps of the methods describedherein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention asdefined in the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for providing a decorative coveringcomprising:providing a floral grouping having a bloom end and a stemend; providing a floral holding material having an upper end, a lowerend and an outer peripheral surface, the floral holding material beingconstructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of the floralgrouping and supporting the floral grouping without any pot means;providing a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surfaceand an outer periphery; disposing the stem end of the floral grouping inthe floral holding material; disposing the upper surface of the sheet ofmaterial near the outer peripheral surface of the floral holdingmaterial and extending the sheet of material about at least a portion ofthe outer peripheral surface of the floral holding material whileleaving at least a portion of the upper end of the floral holdingmaterial uncovered, the upper surface of the sheet of material beingdisposed adjacent the outer peripheral surface of the floral holdingmaterial; and forming a crimped portion in a portion of the sheet ofmaterial by disposing a banding means about the sheet of material at aposition above the upper end of the floral holding material with thecrimped portion cooperating to hold the sheet of material in theposition extended about the floral holding material to provide adecorative covering and wherein the banding means pulls the sheet ofmaterial inwardly toward a central portion of the floral holdingmaterial, and wherein the banding means forms at least one overlappingfold in the crimped portion of the sheet of material.
 2. The method ofclaim 1 wherein the step of providing the sheet of material furthercomprises providing the sheet of material constructed of a materialselected from a group of materials consisting of a material selectedfrom a group of materials consisting of paper, metal foil, cloth(natural or synthetic), denim, burlap or polymer film or combinationsthereof.
 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of providing thesheet of material further comprises providing the sheet of materialhaving a thickness in a range from less than about 0.1 mils to about 30mils.
 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing the sheetof material further comprises providing the sheet of materialconstructed of a non-shape sustaining material.
 5. A method forproviding a decorative covering comprising:providing a floral groupinghaving a bloom end and a stem end; providing a floral holding materialhaving an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, thefloral holding material being constructed of a material capable ofreceiving a portion of the floral grouping and supporting the floralgrouping without any pot means, the stem end of the floral groupingbeing disposed in the floral holding material and the floral holdingmaterial supporting the floral grouping with a portion of the floralgrouping near the bloom end thereof extending a distance upwardly beyondthe upper end of the floral holding material; providing a sheet ofmaterial having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outerperiphery; disposing the stem end of the floral grouping in the floralholding material; extending the sheet of material about the floralholding material with the upper surface of the sheet of material beingdisposed adjacent the outer peripheral surface of the floral holdingmaterial and the sheet of material covering a substantial portion of theouter peripheral surface of the floral holding material leaving aportion of the floral holding material near the upper end thereofuncovered whereby the floral grouping extends above the floral holdingmaterial and above the sheet of material a distance above the upper endof the floral holding material; and forming a crimped portion in aportion of the sheet of material by disposing a banding means about thesheet of material at a position above the upper end of the floralholding material with the crimped portion cooperating to hold the sheetof material in the position extended about the floral holding materialto provide a decorative covering and wherein the banding means pulls thesheet of material inwardly toward a central portion of the floralholding material, and wherein the banding means forms at least oneoverlapping fold in the crimped portion of the sheet of material.
 6. Themethod of claim 5 wherein the step of providing the sheet of materialfurther comprises providing the sheet of material constructed of amaterial selected from a group of materials consisting of a materialselected from a group of materials consisting of paper, metal foil,cloth (natural or synthetic), denim, burlap or polymer film orcombinations thereof.
 7. The method of claim 5 wherein the step ofproviding the sheet of material further comprises providing the sheet ofmaterial having a thickness in a range from less than about 0.1 mils toabout 30 mils.
 8. The method of claim 5 wherein the step of providingthe sheet of material further comprises providing the sheet of materialconstructed of a non-shape sustaining material.
 9. A method forproviding a decorative covering comprising:providing a floral groupinghaving a bloom end and a stem end; providing a floral holding materialhaving an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, thefloral holding material being constructed of a material capable ofreceiving a portion of the floral grouping and supporting the floralgrouping without any pot means; providing a sheet of material having anupper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery; disposing thestem end of the floral grouping in the floral holding material;disposing the upper surface of the sheet of material near the outerperipheral surface of the floral holding material and extending thesheet of material about at least a portion of the outer peripheralsurface of the floral holding material while leaving at least a portionof the upper end of the floral holding material uncovered, the uppersurface of the sheet of material being disposed adjacent the outerperipheral surface of the floral holding material; and disposing bandingmeans about the sheet of material in a position circumferentially aboutthe floral holding material causing the banding means to press a portionof the sheet of material against the outer surface of the floral holdingmaterial for cooperating to hold the sheet of material in the positionextended about the floral holding material to provide the decorativecovering.
 10. The method of claim 9 wherein in the step of disposing thebanding means, the banding means is disposed in a position near theupper end of the floral holding material.
 11. The method of claim 9wherein in the step of disposing the banding means, at least oneoverlapping fold is formed in the sheet of material disposed about thefloral holding material.
 12. The method of claim 9 further comprisingproviding a bonding material disposed on at least one sheet of materialand the floral holding material for bondingly connecting the sheet ofmaterial to the floral holding material.
 13. The method of claim 9wherein the step of providing the sheet of material further comprisesproviding the sheet of material constructed of a material selected froma group of materials consisting of paper, metal foil, cloth (natural orsynthetic), denim, burlap or polymer film or combinations thereof. 14.The method of claim 13 wherein the step of providing the sheet ofmaterial further comprises providing the sheet of material having athickness in a range from less than about 0.1 mils to about 30 mils. 15.The method of claim 9 wherein the step of providing the sheet ofmaterial further comprises providing the sheet of material constructedof a non-shape sustaining material.
 16. A method for providing adecorative covering comprising:providing a floral grouping having abloom end and a stem end; providing a floral holding material having anupper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, the floralholding material being constructed of a material capable of receiving aportion of the floral grouping and supporting the floral groupingwithout any pot means, the stem end of the floral grouping beingdisposed in the floral holding material and the floral holding materialsupporting the floral grouping with a portion of the floral groupingnear the bloom end thereof extending a distance upwardly beyond theupper end of the floral holding material; providing a sheet of materialhaving an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer periphery;disposing the stem end of the floral grouping in the floral holdingmaterial; extending the sheet of material about the floral holdingmaterial with the upper surface of the sheet of material being disposedadjacent the outer peripheral surface of the floral holding material andthe sheet of material covering a substantial portion of the outerperipheral surface of the floral holding material leaving a portion ofthe floral holding material near the upper end thereof uncovered wherebythe floral grouping extends above the floral holding material and abovethe sheet of material a distance above the upper end of the floralholding material; and forming a crimped portion in a portion of thesheet of material by disposing a banding means about the sheet ofmaterial at a position above the upper end of the floral holdingmaterial with the crimped portion cooperating to hold the sheet ofmaterial in the position extended about the floral holding material toprovide a decorative covering and wherein the banding means pulls thesheet of material inwardly toward a central portion of the floralholding material, and wherein the banding means forms at least oneoverlapping fold in the crimped portion of the sheet of material. 17.The method of claim 16 wherein in the step of disposing the bandingmeans, the banding means is disposed in a position near the upper end ofthe floral holding material.
 18. The method of claim 16 wherein in thestep of disposing the banding means, at least one overlapping fold isformed in the sheet of material disposed about the floral holdingmaterial.
 19. The method of claim 16 further comprising providing abonding material disposed on at least one sheet of material and thefloral holding material for bondingly connecting the sheet of materialto the floral holding material.
 20. The method of claim 16 wherein thestep of providing the sheet of material further comprises providing thesheet of material constructed of a material selected from a group ofmaterials consisting of paper metal foil, cloth (natural or synthetic),denim, burlap or polymer film or combinations thereof.
 21. The method ofclaim 16 wherein the step of providing the sheet of material furthercomprises providing the sheet of material having a thickness in a rangefrom less than about 0.1 mils to about 30 mils.
 22. The method of claim16 wherein the step of providing the sheet of material further comprisesproviding the sheet of material constructed of a non-shape sustainingmaterial.